Mar
16
2021
CRUCIAL QUESTIONS
Are you brave? If yes, how?
Are you brave? If no, why not?
Football legend coach Vince Lombardi said, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”
Aristotle said, “If you want to be brave do brave things.”
It is my opinion, brave acts...
Mar
15
2021
March 15 became a famous day known now as “THE IDES OF MARCH” relating to Roman history. We can learn three lessons from Roman incidents of that day.
In the year 44 B.C., the March date was the day Julius...
Mar
12
2021
"Fred, how do you do it? How do you have such peace and joy going through the challenges you are facing?
Four times in the past few days, this has been the question asked of me.
College students impacted in severely...
Mar
11
2021
JOY COMES IN THE MORNING
I BELONG TO JESUS
JESUS IS MINE
As boys Father Crowell trained us to not shed tears. Whether it was after a beating or watching a tearjerker movie, tears were regarded as sissyville, weak sissy acts of...
Mar
10
2021
The invention of the checklist is one of the all-time great discoveries! It can also be called PLOTTING THE COURSE. It is a reminder list of required things to do or points to be considered. Then these items can...
Mar
09
2021
Three choices; two usually poor ones!
As a young coach at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks my college president taught me a lesson for life.
Years later I discovered choice was God's unique gift to humankind. No other creation on...
Mar
08
2021
Each life experience has the potential to reward us three times.
#1. The Preparation Experience. Potentially, this can be an exciting time. Anticipation, hoping, planning and preparing are good things.
Example: I find the hunt for a new thing, be...
Mar
08
2021
The tendency is to believe the first story told and forget there are two sides to every story.
The late Dr. Bill Bright cautioned his team of thousands to make a practice of effective communication because open dialogue almost...
Mar
05
2021
A good Friday to you, dear friends! Let's start today's Word of Hopefulness with two inciteful, elegant questions, answering Yes or No.
Do you know why are you alive? Will you write your answer in less than 30 words?
I imagine 90...
Mar
04
2021
The giant enemy of the human spirit is self-pity!
Years ago, one dark emotional day at an NBC Camps clinic for the Tulalip Indian Reservation in Washington, the self-pity engine engaged my mind.
The Tulalip management was so kind to give...
